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a good man is hard to findMen who make good husbands or workers are rare.Rate it:

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apparatus (rare in plur.) bellipreparations for war; war-material.Rate it:

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at placesIn some, possibly rare places.Rate it:

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China syndromeA rare disease, first characterized in the early 1990s, which resembles poliomyelitis but which has somewhat different characteristics and occurs in persons vaccinated for poliomyelitis.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.Rate it:

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exception that proves the ruleThe rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to underscore that the rule existsRate it:

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few and far betweenRare and scarce.Rate it:

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for onceFor the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.Rate it:

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hard to come byDifficult to find; rareRate it:

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hen's teethAnything very rare or impossible to obtain is said to be like finding hen’s teeth.Rate it:

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hole in oneAny rare, wonderful, or remarkable accomplishment.Rate it:

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it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog(rare or obsolete, proverb) If a person is determined to punish someone, they will find a way to do so.1596 Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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long tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a distribution that represents the rare occurrence of extreme values..Rate it:

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moo-burgerA hamburg cooked extra rare.Rate it:

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on rare formPerforming very well.Rate it:

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Paganini non replicaRare form of Paganini non ripete.Rate it:

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rare animalUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see rare,‎ animal.Rate it:

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rare animalSynonym of rare birdRate it:

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rarer than hens' teethExtremely rareRate it:

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rocking horse shitA metaphor for something exceedingly rare or, more likely, nonexistent.Rate it:

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Scare as Hen's TeethSomething scarce and not found in abundance, a rare thing or non-existentRate it:

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un malheur ne vient jamais seulProverbe signifiant que lorsqu’on commence à avoir des ennuis, il est rare que d’autres ne surviennent pas également. C’est ce qu’on appelle communément la « loi des séries ».Rate it:

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une noce à tout casser (pop.)A rare old jollification.Rate it:

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vous devenez bien rareYou are quite a stranger.Rate it:

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